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Ask HN: When is the best time to submit an article?
I posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9963339 this morning Pacific time. It was 11 on /newest, but within half an hour, it was gone. What's a better time to submit, and how soon can I repost?
- nkurz 11y agoIt's a reasonable article, but lots of reasonable articles don't get any attention. "Newest" is purely chronological, with things getting pushed off as new submissions come in. If items get enough votes on Newest, they get promoted to the front page. There isn't really any "better" time to submit. If there are lots of people submitting, there are lots of articles to choose from, but also lots of people viewing. In off hours, there are fewer competing submitted links but fewer people viewing. That said, you'll may have better luck when there are fewer other submissions coming in. Repost when you see fit, but 12 hours might be a good guideline. If you are lucky, someone else will resubmit in the meantime (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9964977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9964977). You probably shouldn't ever submit something more than twice yourself, or resubmit if it's already been submitted 3 times overall by anyone. And for the future, instead of using Ask HN for these questions, write email to Dan at hn@ycombinator.com, perhaps encouraging him to add the answers to the FAQ.